ACTOR

Hibari Misora

1937 - 1989

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Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり, Misora Hibari, born Kazue Katō (加藤 和枝, Katō Kazue) May 29, 1937 – June 24, 1989) was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posthumously for giving the public hope and encouragement after World War II. Misora recorded a total of 1,200 songs and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand for her recordings grew significantly, and, by 2001, she had sold more than 80 million records. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hibari Misora has received more than 355,988 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Hibari Misora is the 1,345th most popular actor (down from 1,262nd in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 497th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hibari Misora ranks 1,345 out of 13,578. Before her are Myrna Loy, Don Taylor, Michael Redgrave, Timothy Spall, Marisa Mell, and Annette Stroyberg. After her are Fabre d'Églantine, Julia Ormond, Danny Kaye, Sophie Turner, Fabio Testi, and Allison Janney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Hibari Misora ranks 119. Before her are Petros Markaris, Alfredo M. Bonanno, Aleksandr Medved, Billy Meier, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, and Joseph Kobzon. After her are Nikolai Kapustin, Daniel McFadden, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ratan Tata, Sami Frey, and Andrés Gimeno. Among people deceased in 1989, Hibari Misora ranks 83. Before her are Arseny Tarkovsky, Kateb Yacine, Pérez Prado, Hassan Fathy, Hans Hartung, and Cesare Zavattini. After her are Albert Bormann, Vasile Milea, James Bond, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Józef Cyrankiewicz, and Mihály Lantos.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hibari Misora ranks 562 out of 6,245. Before her are Ken Kutaragi (1950), Hosokawa Gracia (1563), Gosho Aoyama (1963), Mikio Naruse (1905), Kiyosi Itô (1915), and Emperor Horikawa (1079). After her are Hiroshi Amano (1960), Sakanoue no Tamuramaro (758), Shintaro Ishihara (1932), Uesugi Kagekatsu (1556), Tokizo Ichihashi (1909), and Yanosuke Watanabe (null).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Hibari Misora ranks 17. Before her are Sessue Hayakawa (1886), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), Kōji Yakusho (1956), Victoria Principal (1950), and Momoko Kōchi (1932). After her are Masako Nozawa (1936), Ken Takakura (1931), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), Kinuyo Tanaka (1909), Machiko Kyō (1924), and Mayumi Tanaka (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

Ghost in the Well
Okiku
Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He promised that his love was no passing infatuation & she would never suffer for it. She resisted his charms for some while knowing full well that they are of classes that do not intermarry, but in time he broke down her resistance, for how could she help but love him. Political expedience puts the young hatamoto in the way of a marriage with a woman of his own station. This will cement family connections & see his family safely through a crisis, at a time when many clans were finding themselves abolished on any pretext.
Jul 13o 19577.8 / 10
Scramble for Fortune
A young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets of a great fortune.
Oct 9o 19565 / 10
Lady Sen and Hideyori
Sen-hime
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation. Princess Sen, a daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is caught amidst the family feud between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families. When her father Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks her husband Toyotomi Hideyori's castle, her life takes a sudden turn for the worse. Will she ever find peace in her life again? One of Hibari Misora's most memorable performances, a movie you will never forget!
Mar 25o 19628 / 10